Family:William Kirgath and Sarah Rainforth (1)

Meaning of name Kirk-garth in middle english / nothern dialect: A churchyard; esp. the graveyard attached to a church; (b) in place names.

From the 1500s to the 1800s there were many Kirgaths and Kirgarths around Doncaster, Gainsborough, Owston, Messingham, Flixborough, Frodingham, West Halton. They were mostly, if not all Anglican. A number were Mercers.

1. ↑ England Marriages 1538-1973, in Lincolnshire Marriage Index.

   First name(s) - WILLIAM
   Last name - KIRGARTH
   Marriage year - 1767
   Marriage day - 25
   Marriage month - Jun
   Parish Gainsborough
   Spouse's first name(s) - SARAH
   Spouse's last name - RAINFORTH
   Deanery Corringham
   County Lincolnshire
   Country England
   Notes Both Stockwith